NEPTICULIDAE ⁶

Stigmella ogygia (Meyrick, 1889). Endemic.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁷

Native forest margins. Adults recorded March, July, and September-December.

Life history ⁷

Foodplant: Senecio heterophylla, Senecio hispidulus found throughout NZ in lowland to montane forest margins. Mine: narrow, serpentine, close to upper epidermal layer, widening terminally, frass deposited medially. Larva have been recorded from April to September and in November and December. They are 3–4 mm long and pale green. Cocoon: made of brown silk, against stem of foodplant. (HD&CW, 1989)

Sources and Credits

1. George Vernon Hudson , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fig_28_MA_I437912_TePapa_Plate-LI-The-butterflies_full_(cropped).jpg
2. (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/16921893@N00/7978757411
3. (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/20803106821/
4. (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/24476043879/
5. (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stigmella_ogygia.jpg
6. Adapted by Tony Steer from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmella_ogygia
7. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
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• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants

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